Using proverbs in your French conversation won’t necessarily make you sound like a native but they’re good to know and can be useful.
The 11th September, the Diada de Catalunya, is a national holiday throughout Catalonia and the Balearic Islands.
Around the end of September Barcelona holds an enormous street party, La Mercè Festival.
Did you know that nationalities and languages (English, French, Spanish….) are always capitalised in the English language….
Many are the stories of ‘encantades’ or ‘bruixas’, (witches) in the history of the P-O..
Perched high on their unbelievable mountainous rocky outcrops, the castles of Queribus and Peyrepertuse dominate the beautiful rolling vineyards of Maury and Cucugnan.
Figs must be picked ripe from the tree, as they don’t ripen well once picked A very firm fig is not ripe and will not properly ripen further.
With Polly Cannie Arles-sur-Tech used to be our home…….and we loved it! Glimpses of the Tres Vents and the Haut Vallespir as I approach the village still make my heart sing. The ’real’ village isn’t what…
The Château de Puilaurens rises high above the village and the valley of the Boulzane. A noble and fairytale castle, it is easily accessible by a 20 minute shaded walk from the car-park.
The former Fort of Serrat d’en Vaquer near Auchan is being considered as the site for a large Catalan theme park.